1. Parliamentary Committee: Minerals and Energy
ANNUAL REPORTING
Parliamentary Committee: Minerals and Energy
Dr. Menzi Mthwecu, CEO
10/09/2003

2. PRESENTATION Outline MQA SYSTEMS Established SECTOR SKILLS Targets
QUALIFICATIONS Designed
LEARNERSHIPS Registered
TRAINING PROVIDERS Accredited
STRATEGIC PROJECTS Implemented
Challenges and New Developments
SETA REVIEW

3. MQA SYSTEMS Established
Stakeholder Board and Committees in place (being reviewed ito King 2)
HR and Performance Management Systems (being amended)
Information Management System maintained
Communication Strategy being reviewed
SETA REVIEW

4. SECTOR SKILLS Targets ABET provision of 50% by March 2005
Learnerships (employed and unemployed) 15% intake and 50% completion and in employment by March 2005
Company participation (large 75%, small 40%)
National Skills Fund utilization measured
Departmental participation NOT APPLICABLE
SETA REVIEW

5. SKILLS PLANS AND REPORTS Approved
266 SDFs registered and trained
150 Company Skills Plans
144 Annual Training Reports
WSP & ATR Analysis Report published
SKILLS
PLANNING

6. QUALIFICATIONS Designed
21 Qualifications registered on NQF
622 Unit Standards registered on NQF
Attendance Grant disbursed to employers
Industry Qualifications Framework adopted by SGB
QUALIFICATIONS
DESIGN

7. LEARNERSHIPS Registered
35 Learnerships DoL Registered
MQA Learnership Grant R approved plus tax deductibles (unemployed R50 000, employed R42 500)
MQA Skills Programmes grant R250 approved
10 Fall of Ground Skills Programmes MQA Registered
1623 Apprenticeships administration continued
Learning Materials developed in ABET and Fall of Ground learning areas
Database of Learners maintained
LEARNERSHIPS

8. TRAINING PROVIDERS Accredited
340 Assessors registered by MQA
Moderation policy adopted by MQA Board
ISO 9001:2000 Certification for MQA Office
ETQA

9. STRATEGIC PROJECTS Implemented
135 Bursars at technikons and universities
ABET Projects: learning materials commissioned, ABET Practitioner Training planned, ABET grants approved
Ex-Mineworker training planned in rural labour sending areas
Jewellery research undertaken with HSRC-GTZ
Small-scale miner training projects: unit standards, skills programmes, HSRC research
STRATEGIC
PROJECTS

10. Challenges facing MQA Staff retention and capacity building
Build HDSA component amongst stakeholders
Meet GDS in learnerships targets
Respond to Mine Health and Safety Act – changes to regulations
SETA REVIEW

11. New Developments Mining Charter targets & role of the SETA
Review of NQF/SAQA Act
Growth and Development Summit Targets
Amendments to Skills Development Act and new national skills targets
SETA OVERVIEW

12. SKILLS GRANTS Disbursed
CONTENTS
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
SDL Levy Allocation %
Contributing Employers Info
Allocation of Surplus Funds
Milestones at 31 August 2003
Estimated Levies
Grant Payments Schedule
Top 50 Employers
SKILLS
GRANTS

13. INCOME STATEMENT Y/E 31 MARCH 2003 Y/E 31/3/2003 Y/E 31/3/2002
TOTAL REVENUE
TOTAL EXPENSES
75 995
NET SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
(NSF INCOME & EXPENDITURE INCLUDED ABOVE)

14. BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2003
FUNDS & LIABILITIES
Y/E 31/3/2003
Y/E 31/3/2002
ADMIN RESERVE
43 286
EMPLOYER GRANT RESERVE
78 000
DISCRETIONARY FUND RESERVE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PAYABLE
45 883
OTHER PAYABLES
4 637
3 821
TOTAL NET FUNDS & LIABILITIES

15. BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2003 (CONTINUED)
ASSETS
Y/E 31/3/2003
Y/E 31/3/2002
NON CURRENT ASSETS
1 855
1 777
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LEVY DEBTORS
61 130
55 302
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
1 411
1 278
CASH AND BANK
TOTAL ASSETS

16. SDL LEVY ALLOCATION %
20% is transferred directly to NSF for strategic national projects
SETAs are allowed 10% for admin and operational costs
70% is available for grants to employers

17. SDL LEVY ALLOCATION % (continued)
70% available to employers for grants on approval of:
Workplace Skills Plan (15%)
Annual Training Report (45%)
Discretionary Grant (10%) Skills Programs grant & Learnerships grant

18. CONTRIBUTING EMPLOYERS INFORMATION
This information is based on the Levy numbers downloaded from DoL each month
Registered employers = 3445
Levy Paying = 2106
Claiming grants = 244 organisations
Top 50 Levy paying companies contribute 74% of the total levy received from the sector

20. MILESTONES ACHIEVED as at August 2003
Mandatory Grants
WSP Year 2(2001/2002) = R43,883,601
ATR Year 2(2001/2002) = R105,230,605.42
WSP Year 3(2002/2003) = R27,981,547.28

21. MILESTONES ACHIEVED as at Aug 2003 (cont)
Discretionary Grants
Blasting and App Grant Year 2 = R30,351,426.88
SGG Grant = R686,553
QMS Grant = R2,909,088
App Grant Year 3 = R14,606,555.04
Blasting Cert Grant Year 3 = R11,976,774.04

22. Learnerships & Skills Programmes
ESTIMATED LEVIES
2002/03
2003/04
Beneficiary
20%
NATIONAL SKILLS
FUND
R58m
R58
NATIONAL SKILLS FUND
10%
SETA ADMIN
R32m
R25m
MQA
15%
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR &
WORKPLACE SKILLS PLAN SUBMISSION
R44m
R43m
EMPLOYERS
45%
IMPLEMENTATION / ANNUAL TRNG REP.
R130m
R131m
STRATEGIC MQA SECTOR NEEDS
R30m
R29m
Learnerships & Skills Programmes

23. GRANT PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR 2003/2004
Grant Type
Date of payment
Levies received for:
WSP Year 3 (15%)
(Last tranch)
30 June 2003
December 2002 to March 2003
ATR Year 3 (45%)
(once-off payment)
29 August 2003
April to March 2003
#WSP Year 4 (15%)
&
Skills/Learnership grants
April 2003 to May 2003
WSP Year 4 (15%)
31 October 2003
June 2003 to July 2003
*WSP Year 4 (15%)
12 December 2003
August 2003
27 February 2004
September 2003 to November 2003
30 April 2004
December 2003 to January 2004
30 June 2004
February 2004 to March 2004

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OPEN DISCUSSION
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